-> -> I wore out the Supra 2400, eventually, on another computer; we had
-> -> only pulse dialing in our neighborhood, and the relay finally gave
-> -> out.  Must have lasted seven or eight years, a virtual eternity
-> -> in computer years.
->
-> SK> Can it still be used for tone applications? What is this relay
-> you
-> SK> reference? I've always wondered if it would be at all possible to
-> SK> wear out a modem, as in theory they should last forever...
->
-> The relay that "picks up" the phone line.  I'm actually assuming that
-> that is what has happened to it; if you plug an active phone line
-> into it, the speaker on the modem emits the dial tone, and while it
-> thinks it's dialing, it doesn't.  We didn't have tone service then,
-> at all, so I didn't even try.  I'll have to dig it out and see what
-> happens; it won't be able to hang up, is my guess.
Wait, if you get a dialtone, it's picking up the phone, right?
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